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Artists' Books, Books

What is the inspiration for our newsletter banner?

Are you wondering about the background image on The Mosaic banner? It was inspired by a page in one of our favorite artists’ books, Venus: Booklyn Artists Alliance, the collective group of artists that created this book, describes Venus as a, “one-of-a-kind artist’s book made from Korean mulberry and cellulose paper, acrylic paints, pencil, walnut ink, Japanese black ink, human blood, turmeric and cayenne pigment … Continue reading What is the inspiration for our newsletter banner?

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The Book Detective

The Helen Muir Collection

In a 1986 letter, writer and Florida Historian Helen Muir politely accepted an offer to an exclusive women’s club on Miami Beach from Wolfsonian-FIU Founder Micky Wolfson, but in the next sentence requested helicopter service for old ladies from her home of Coconut Grove. This image of a mobilized ensemble of grandmothers flying over the city of Miami on its way to discuss the important … Continue reading The Helen Muir Collection

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Pan Am Dispatches!

Pan Am Dispatches!

This is Emily Gibson reporting from the University of Miami, the location of the Pan American World Airways, Inc. records, on a two-year grant-funded assignment sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Did you know that planes that could take off and land on water, like Pan Am’s first Clippers, could be built larger than early land planes because they did not need … Continue reading Pan Am Dispatches!

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Instruction

Teaching with Special Collections

Richter Libraries’ Special Collections’ materials ignite curiosities and promote deeper levels of understanding of the historical record. Our librarians are eager to welcome your students as they begin to understand the research potential of these unique rare books, manuscripts, letters, ephemera, fugitive literature, and much more. So, why teach with special collections materials? Our collections: remove editorial mediators because they are the primary evidence, inspire new … Continue reading Teaching with Special Collections

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